Mammootty, all thanks to his ability to keep audience spellbound, no matter what the role, is the only reason anyone would want to watch this film.

“Old wine in new bottle” the old saying has become the characteristic of Malayalam cinema in recent times. Once again the culprits are the yesteryear’s director and scriptwriter, Joshy and Renjith, both of whom had done many groundbreaking films at their prime. But ‘Nasrani’ is nothing more than a rehearse of their own previous successes.

Mammootty plays a rich ‘Kottyam achayan’, David John Kottarathil, who does everything in style. In Mammootty’s introduction scene, he comes to pick up his girlfriend Sarah Eepen from her college, where she is a lecturer, in his helicopter! Despite the fact that they are childhood sweethearts, they haven’t married yet, even though their marriage was fixed 10 years ago. That’s because David’s father accidentally kills Sarah’s father while trying to save Sarah’s half-sister. David’s father goes to jail and the marriage was cancelled.

David’s main time-pass is spending time with the members of a club, where he is the secretary. There he has some rich and influential friends. His right-hand man Suku(Mani) is always around him in every need.

Malankara Congress president M.C Paul’s son and politician Benny is found dead. Police accuses Sarah’s half-sister Annie (Muktha) of murdering him. When David learns that she is innocent, he decides to save her and shelters her in a safe place. He then sets out to find the real culprit, and he make some shocking discoveries.

Writer Renjith, has no clue about the current audiences taste and he is still living in his ‘Devasuram’- ‘Narasimham’ era. He still thinks he can get away with it, if he makes the hero this knock-down character, very rich and influential. Of course, some of the current politicians and political affairs are brought into the script, but then every film has it nowadays.

Until last year, director Joshy was hailed as the only old-time commercial director left, who can still understand the audience’s pulse. But his recent films proves that he too have lost the Midas touch.

Mammootty somehow always manages to stay afloat, even when some of his contemporary writers and directors try to take him down with them. With ease he slips into the ‘Kottayam Achayan’ character. And like always, it is a one-man-show and he has the best lines.